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100 representative American Kids entering high school. What does fate have in store for them . 25 out of that 100 wont graduate from high school. A total of 50 wont go to college. Thats half the class that wont go on to higher education. 50 will attend college, but only 22 will graduate within six years. Meanwhi meanwhile, other countries are outstarting us. On a recent international test, u. S. Students ranked only 15th in the world in reading, 23rd in science and 31st in math. Overall, the Wor...

Thank you. Gentle ladys time expired. Thank you, mr. Chairman for holding the hearing and thank you for being with us. Last week when the contractors built the system were here, i asked them all under oath if they had actually delivered the system they were contracted to build. And all four of them answered yes. I want to ask you, did the contractors deliver the system that you contracted them to build . I dont think i can accurately answer that question. What we know is weve a system that doesn...

Dedicated to preserving foundational American Values in a time of rapid technological change. I am Kevin Bankston the policy director of the open Technology Institute which is the tech policy and technical modeling of new america where we are focused on building a stronger and more open internet for a stronger and more open society. I want to thank you for all coming here today and braving the heat or for tuning in via the webcast or cspan for todays panel Event National insecurity agency, how t...

The result was overwhelming. The house stood up to the American People and for the constitution. That is something we can all celebrate. We sent a strong signal; that if the government wants to collect information on u. S. Citizens, get a warrant. Thank you for your hard wok on this important issue, and i look forward to working together with each of you to keep pushing for safer, more secure internet. All right. Thank you, congresswoman lofgren. And next up, alan grayson, representative alan gr...

To house their operational staff and service their vehicles are in a marginal poor state of repair. Are these facilities a threat to the health and welfare of our transit workers . First, i think i should be clear that we believe the systems are safe. Transit is one of the safest modes of travel we have available to us in this day and age. We also believe strongly there are steps that need to be taken in order to address the safety, not just of the general public, but the employees that work for...

Declared the winner of the primary Runoff Election by 6700 votes after finishing second in the first primary driven to his victory by courting support from africanamerican democratic voters. The House Veterans Affairs committee is holding a series of hearings looking at medical care problems at the va and tomorrow the committee will look at how they handled whistle blower complaints. That is like at 7 30 eastern. We invite you to join the converation about the va on facebook and twitter. From ro...

Scenes, and helping them out policywise. What does the house want to do ultimately, because they separated the farm bill from the food stamp bill, and tackle them separately. The houseot know what is going to do, because we have a very factionalized house of representatives. They say keep the food stamps and the farm bill separate raid separate. A lot of the institutions on capitol hill see themselves as them again the world. Against the world. Trying tosswoman is be a good soldier, and the demo...

Diagnosis, you are 60 more likely to live five years and beyond if you have insurance than if you dont. I think thats a pretty powerful statement for why we need Affordable Health care for all of our citizens. Well, thank you. The republicans have not been able to defund or repeal it, but they have denied requested funding, theyve raised arguments about death panels and socialized medicine, and theyve worked to intimidate groups that could help the implementation effort. Theres a spreading of mi...

President s own review group in december. This discussion focusing on the costs of the nsa programs to our overall Internet Security is a followup to our internet discussion earlier in the spring about the economic Foreign Policy costs overall and previews the release of our paper later in the month, surveillance costs, the nsas impact on the economy, information security, and freedom. Freedom. With that, cue the representatives, please. I am congresswoman zoe a lot of and thank you for inviting...

Tennessee out the escalator. We hope to have them for you live or recorded as well. A long day of hearings on capitol hill tonight. We will have live coverage of a House Veterans Affairs Committee Hearing of whistleblower claims coming from Veterans Affair Department Employees and several of them will testify before the committee. That is coming up on cspan two at 7 30 p. M. Eastern. A lot more talk about immigration headline here on the hill. Ahead of a Texas Fundraising trip, the president wil...